Anesthesia Technician, UofL Hospital, OR, 2:30p-11p

UofL Health•Louisville, KY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Anesthesia Technician assists anesthesia providers in acquiring, preparing, and applying the equipment and supplies needed for safe anesthesia administration and cost-effective anesthesia care. The role supports routine and complex surgical and non-surgical cases by preparing and maintaining patient monitoring devices, anesthesia delivery systems, medicines, and supplies before, during, and after cases. At the direction of anesthesia staff, the technician may perform certain complex diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Duties also include maintaining room inventories, cleaning and stocking rooms after surgery, and checking that drugs and supplies are not outdated. The technician may set up drips, arterial lines, and central lines; uses sterile techniques to gown and glove, set up lines, and assist with line placement; helps position patients for surgery; assists with intubation and extubation; and helps transport patients to recovery. The position responds to anesthesia turnover needs, equipment alarms, and other support requests, and performs additional duties as assigned. The role requires a high school diploma or GED/equivalent and American Heart Association-accredited Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification. College coursework in anatomy, physiology, and microbiology, prior anesthesia technician or patient-care experience, pharmacology knowledge, and certification by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists are preferred. The technician must understand anesthesia equipment, sterile technique, and troubleshooting, and have the communication, organizational, problem-solving, computer, and teamwork abilities needed to support patients and clinical teams.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED/equivalent.
Basic Life Saving (BLS) certification accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Knowledge of the emergency procedure for malignant hyperthermia.
Knowledge of anesthesia equipment and troubleshooting low and high pressure in anesthesia machines.
Understanding of sterile technique.
Organizational skills for stocking anesthesia carts and setting up lines.
Strong relationship-building skills and ability to work with departments across UofL Health.
Initiative and ability to gather and analyze information, consider alternatives, and break down complex tasks systematically.
Attention to detail, including checking work for accuracy and quality.
Problem-solving skills, including identifying and resolving problems and developing alternative solutions.
Flexibility to adjust to changing organizational and patient-experience needs.
Adequate conversational English to take direction, understand and complete tasks, communicate with patients and coworkers, and follow safety guidelines and policies.
Ability to logically troubleshoot issues, define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, interpret varied instructions, and identify appropriate courses of action.
Comfort using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint as needed, and ability to learn electronic documentation systems and other relevant systems and databases.
Commitment to service, professionalism, confidentiality, safety standards, collaboration, and effective customer service.

Nice To Haves

College experience or coursework in anatomy, physiology, and microbiology.
Prior experience as an anesthesia technician or in a patient-care role.
Knowledge of pharmacology.
Certification by the American Society of Anesthesia Technologists (ASAT).

Responsibilities

Directs ordering of anesthesia supplies and prepares anesthesia equipment and supplies for operating rooms.
Assists in maintaining equipment in proper working order, cleans and returns equipment to its proper place, and stocks surgical rooms.
Assists anesthesia providers and promptly responds to pages for anesthesia turnover between cases.
Responds to alarm systems to help troubleshoot equipment.
Assists with patient pickup and blood-product pickup, and runs ABGs and blood glucose tests under the direction of an anesthesia provider.
Keeps the anesthesia work room neat and orderly.
Checks the PACU, ACU, ICU, and CCU for monitoring devices used for patient transfer and returns them to the surgery unit.
Applies aseptic technique and knowledge when spiking IVs, A-lines, and other invasive lines.
Labels and dates preset lines and applies initials correctly.
Cleans and uses anesthesia instruments and equipment efficiently.
Performs or assists with emergency procedures for malignant hyperthermia as necessary.
Assists with vendor trials, work orders, and equipment quotes.
Maintains compliance with company policies, procedures, standards of conduct, HIPAA privacy and security requirements, and confidentiality requirements.
Prepares and maintains patient monitoring devices, anesthesia delivery systems, medicines, and supplies before, during, and after anesthesia cases.
Maintains supply inventories in rooms, cleans and stocks rooms after surgeries, and verifies that drugs and supplies are not outdated.
May set up drips, A-lines, and central lines; uses sterile techniques to assist with line placement.
Helps position patients for surgery, assists providers with intubation and extubation, and helps transport patients to recovery.
Performs other duties as assigned.